Louise O'Reilly (Dublin Fingal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I know we will have another opportunity to ask questions. I want to home in if I can on who knew what, at what stage. I am reading from a letter that was copied to Dr. Henry and Mr. McKenna from a consultant gynaecologist and it is dated 22 August 2017. It states: "What has happened is totally inappropriate." That is referring to withholding of information from women. What I want to know is, given that Dr. Henry, who is here, and Dr. McKenna who is also here, were aware that there were serious concerns, was any of this kicked up the line, and at what point? Mr. Gleeson has already indicated that stuff got kicked up the line. I am not quite sure what that means. We might get a chance to go back to that. Was any of this kicked up the line? I find it absolutely extraordinary that Mr. O'Brien would not have been informed of a senior clinician who had serious issues with regard to the conduct of sharing information with women about themselves, which is material. The consultant said: "It is because I feel that the women deserve to know the results of the audit process." My God, if only other people shared that desire to share the information with women about their own health and well-being. Was Mr. O’Brien, as the head of the HSE, unaware of this? Those are very senior people.